President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent subsidy for educational institutions and teaching hospitals across the country.
Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Kaduna on Thursday after inaugurating projects at the National Ear Care Centre.
The projects include a 200-capacity auditorium, student hostel, oxygen plant, molecular laboratory, powerhouse, ENT specialists clinic, operating theatre, and female/children ward.
According to Alausa, the subsidy is part of the President’s efforts to support the health and education sectors.
““The President has approved a 50 per cent electricity subsidy to all public hospitals and education system – universities, polytechnic and colleges of education. It has been approved. The process of implementation is being developed by the Minister of Power
“Very soon, hospital and public education systems will be enjoying a significant reduction in the prices they are paying currently for energy tariff.”
The rise in power costs followed subsidy reduction in the sector.
